Oh, c'mon now, you DO have a problem with people who don't share your beliefs. I think that's pretty apparent. But, imho, it's a free country, or at least it should be, and you're entitled to the right of disliking people.
But if you think that Christmas should be observed as a federal holiday, that Christmas traditions should be celebrated in public schools and in taxpayer-funded displays, how can you turn around and say that the same people being forced to observe/celebrate it should not participate? Now THAT'S hypocritical.
Btw, if you don't want other people "horning in on" your holiday, then maybe you can start a movement to take Christmas off the federal holiday calendar. While it's there, it IS a holiday for all of us, Christians, Jews, and even atheists.
If it hadn't been named as a federal holiday, you might've kept it as sacred as you'd have liked, only celebrated by "true Christians." By making it a federal holiday, observed by all Americans, all the secularism was invited into it.
No I don't. Only with those who pretend they do. The ones who spit on it any chance they get, then pretend they embrace it when it suits them, and ALWAYS, ALWAYS, condescend. You have the problem my friend, not I.
But, imho, it's a free country, or at least it should be, and you're entitled to the right of disliking people.
I do have that right, but I don't exercise it much. Certainly not in the way that you are trying to mislead people into thinking. But hey, like I said, lying is no problem for you folks, I mean, what would the consequences be?
But if you think that Christmas should be observed as a federal holiday,
I don't. You made that up.
that Christmas traditions should be celebrated in public schools
I don't think there should even be GOVERNMENT schools (most schools are public) much less that some atheist government employee should be involved in my children's' celebration of salvation. You made that up too.
and in taxpayer-funded displays,
My, you have a vivid imagination, you make up all kinds of fantasies.
how can you turn around and say that the same people being forced to observe/celebrate it should not participate?
Forced? You are delusional. I urge you to pull your children out. Just like I urge Christians to pull their kids out of "winter celebrations", and government schools.
BTW, if you don't want other people "horning in on" your holiday,
"Horning in"? I invite anyone to join in if they are open to the meaning and actually joining in as potential believers, but I detest people who demand in, and then want to change it to their bizarre belief system. They want to secularize it. What they should do is just ignore it. BUT,,,they are hypocrites.
While it's there, it IS a holiday for all of us, Christians, Jews, and even atheists.
No it isn't, it's a day off work. The holiday is not there to favor Christians, it's there to acknowledge that Christians aren't working that day, and all the rest of you can't possibly keep things running. Not to mention that you don't want to work, you want to slide in and take advantage of the situation. So you can pretend you are Christians for the fun day and ignore the real meaning.
By making it a federal holiday, observed by all Americans, all the secularism was invited into it.
No, all the secular people were invited to chill out while we celebrated. Not join in and make sickening condescending remarks while attending Christmas Mass like it was going to the movie or something, an amusement.
You people have all your own holidays, Labor Day and the like, celebrate them, have a ball. But have enough integrity to say, "I don't believe in any of this "Jesus stuff", I'm going to go along as always, it's just another day for me". But that won't happen, because you are a hypocrite.